27 Commercial Road

Warehouse of 1872-3, demolished 2016

This four-storey corner warehouse was built in 1872–3 for Edmund Richard
Goodrich, an oilman whose premises had been taken for the westwards extension
of Commercial Road through Whitechapel. Thomas Ennor was the builder of what
was the first building to go up on the new road.1

A scheme for redevelopment of Nos 29–37 and 27–27a Commercial Road was
prepared in 2012, approved in 2014 and refined in 2016 when the site was
cleared. Initiated by Reef Estates Aldgate Ltd, it proposes a 270-bedroom
hotel in a 21-storey tower to be operated by Motel One, a German firm. The
architects are Stock Woolstencroft.3